blinkers

Example Sentences

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But even he has blinkers on: Yes, 1975 might have been a great, great time in New York, despite garbage strikes, crime rates and municipal bankruptcy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Horses are given blinkers near the outside to their eyes to help focus a horse’s attention on what’s in front of them and not what’s going on around them.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2023

In June last year, a Chinese navy vessel flashed blue lights and blinkers at a Philippine coastguard tugboat, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2023

That, plus the addition of blinkers, is not enough to help him here.

From New York Times • May 19, 2022

Given our wings, our blinkers, it’s hard to look up, hard to get the full view, of the sky, of anything.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood